地藏菩薩 dì zàng pú sà

Bodhisattva who saves the dead in hell

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)
  2. 2. also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva

Characters

Character Meaning
ground; land; adverb marker -ly
to hide away; to conceal; to store
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva; surname Sa